Planning for the Inevitable: Climate Change, Cultural Resources, and Coastal Cities in the American Southeast.

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Risks of flooding and damage associated with climate change can be extensive and devastating, with potential impacts covering multiple domains (health/safety, infrastructure, economic, natural and cultural resources) and extending over substantial areas. Mitigation efforts are complex, costly, and may be controversial. Historic coastal cities, with substantial cultural resources located above and below ground, face unique challenges in planning for a seemingly inevitable scenario with few options. In that sense, large-scale projects that aim to develop strategies for the mitigation of such risks may present opportunities for the long-term preservation of cultural resources in such settings. Challenges faced, lessons learned and future approaches are presented for two Southeastern American coastal cities: Charleston, South Carolina and St. Augustine, Florida.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40020.0